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• State Of Black America 2023: Confronting The Threat Within

  23-04-2023 16:15
  
  By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
  “Our sense of belonging and prosperity relies on freedom from violence. That freedom requires confronting the threat that armed violence poses to our democracy and the hate-fueled rhetoric that feeds it. Moreover, keeping voters and elections safe from political violence is necessary to advance free, fair, and secure elections and ballot access.” – Project Code
  There is a fire blazing in the United Stat
  
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• Recall Theft-Prone Kia and Hyundai Vehicles, Say Attorney General Raoul and 17 Others

  23-04-2023 15:30
  
  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general who want a nationwide recall of Kia and Hyundai vehicles. 
  In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the coalition requested that Kia and Hyundai vehicles manufactured between 2011 and 2022 be recalled because they are vulnerable to hotwiring and theft.
  The attorney general group points out that certain Kia and Hyundai ignition switches can be bypassed easily “by removing the stee
  
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• Chevalier: A Movie Review

  23-04-2023 15:00
  
  by Dwight Brown film critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire
  (***1/2)
  It’s not the same as it was. This retelling of 18th century French violinist-composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ life is steeped in history but rocked with a modern imagination.
  Screenwriter Stefani Robinson’s (Atlanta) research and ingenuity resurrects Bologne (Kelvin Harris Jr.) as a European superstar, given the honorary title Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Queen Marie Antoinette (Lu
  
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• Firearms Injure or Kill up to a Quarter of Juvenile Justice Youth After Detention

  23-04-2023 14:30
  
  Hispanic and Black males are most affected
  A new study by Northwestern University found that among youth who had entered juvenile detention, one-quarter of Black and Hispanic males were later injured or killed by firearms within 16 years.
  While the nation’s youth and young adults are disproportionately affected by the daily occurrence of 100 firearm deaths and 234 non-fatal firearm injuries, youth who have been previously involved with the juvenile justice system had up to 23 times the rat
  
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• Locked up for cannabis, locked out of work

  23-04-2023 05:02 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Craig Cesal was sentenced to life in prison for a cannabis offense before former President Donald Trump granted him a pardon.  Today he finds himself in a different position: director of advocacy and senior clemency case manager at his nonprofit, the Second Chance Foundation. Last year, the Oakbrook Terrace resident teamed up with attorney Huma […]
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